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Google and Samsung Electronics are negotiating a major deal that would give Google products more prominence on the South Korean company’s smartphones.

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A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of

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CARIFORUM countries set to test ‘specialty foods’ in UK, EU markets

Still some distance away from recovering from the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Caribbean would appear to be already looking beyond that challenge and focussing on the growth of its niche markets in

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Lowenfield report seen as clear act of insubordination

A clear act of insubordination is how one source has described the report submitted by Chief Election Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield to GECOM on Tuesday in which he erased over 115,000 votes from the March 2nd general

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Minority-Owned Miestro.com Paves Faster, Simpler Path for the Massive E-Learning Space Industry | Afro

Headquartered in Atlanta, Miestro.com is a small, minority-owned, but fast-growing player in the massive open online course (MOOC) industry and has been carving out its own space as a viable online course creation platform for authors, speakers, industry experts and entrepreneurs with small

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Opinion: Inglewood’s Choice to Quickly Close Elementary School Harms Children and Hurts Our Community

This is the path the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) took when it decided to close Warren Lane TK-7 Elementary

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House Leaders Demand Details on PPP Small-Business Loan Program

As the remaining days dwindle for small businesses to apply for loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), both banks and federal officials are being challenged by several House leaders to explain how the $670 billion program intended to aid the nation’s small businesses has

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Is Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr caught between a rock and a hard place?

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Ngoma turned down Azam

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2022 start for MoBay bypass works

The projects, which include the Long Hill bypass and the dualisation of upper Barnett Street, will be funded by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of US$220

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Supreme Court permits 16 listed companies to hold virtual AGM

THE Supreme Court has given the green light for 16 companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) to hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) virtually, either in full or

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Wisconsin McDonald's Restaurants to Hire 6770 Employees This Summer

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Jamaica acquires four offshore patrol vehicles, two maritime aircraft

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Blackface And Reported N-Word History Resurface Ahead Of Emmys Hosting Gig

Kimmel notably avoided the word “blackface” in his apology although he did admit to imitating a lot of Black celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Oprah Winfrey and former NBA player Karl

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3.5 magnitude quake rattles sections of Portmore

The Earthquake Unit is reporting that a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was felt in sections of the island this

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Civil Rights Groups ‘Pause’ On Facebook Ads | Afro

Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its

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Gov. Abbott says Texas facing ‘Massive’ COVID-19 outbreak

Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the state is facing a “massive outbreak” in the coronavirus pandemic as the numbers of new cases and hospitalizations hit record highs, and that some new local restrictions may be needed to protect hospital space for new

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Shamva feels effects of gold mine closure

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McDonald’s Launches $500,000 Scholarship For HBCU Students

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Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles

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Meet Mike Bugembe; award-winning data evangelist who helped boost a company’s value to $100m

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We have done our best to manage COVID-19 – Greene

While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), believes his administration is in a state of readiness to give of

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EXPLAINER | Level 3: What we know about restaurants reopening

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